Students’ green driving race took off from Westminster

18 June 2013

Covering the distance from London to Aberdeen, UK’s engineering students are fighting not to become the nation’s fastest but the most economic driver.

Intelligent glasses to benefit students and lecturers

18 June 2013

Scientists at the University of Carlos III, Madrid (UC3M), have created an augmented reality-based teaching system which is capable of providing student feedback via intelligent glasses worn by a professor conducting a lecture, while the lecture is still in progress.

Student’s road sign revolution

14 June 2013

A student hopes his new hologram road signs which ‘pulse’ at drivers will lead to a revolution in the way motorists are given information on the roads.

Trainee teachers may have to study maths to 18

13 June 2013

Would-be teachers could be required to study maths up to the age of 18 in the future in a bid to raise standards in schools.

Methane powered plane among Airbus’s students’ ideas

10 June 2013

Planes powered by body heat, luggage floating on a bed of air or methane powered aircraft  are among ideas, developed by students from across the world, that could one day feature on future aircraft.

MEGS grads win Energy YES competition

07 June 2013

A team of university energy researchers have won first prize in a national competition, the Energy Young Entrepreneurs Scheme (Energy YES), with their idea for eco-friendly refrigerator cooling units.

Hunt on for Britain’s best young engineers

07 June 2013

EEF and Rolls-Royce have launched a nationwide hunt to find the UK’s most talented young engineers of the future as part of the fifth Future Manufacturing Awards.

IET launches cyber security boosting scheme for SMEs

07 June 2013

An alliance of leading IT bodies wants to address the lack of cyber-security skills that makes UK’s commerce and infrastructure vulnerable to hackers.

£10m collaboration to advance virtual simulation

06 June 2013

A £10m collaboration between Jaguar Land Rover and academics could give the UK a global lead virtual simulation technology.

The first privately-funded lunar telescope unveiled

05 June 2013

Silicon Valley-based company Moon Express will send its ILO-X telescope to the Moon in 2015.

NASA’s new app showcases the best of its spin-offs

03 June 2013

Nasa launches more apps than any other government agency in the world, the Office of the Chief Technologist of Nasa said.

Interest in apprenticeships on the rise

31 May 2013

A record number of people are applying for apprenticeships, with up to 17 per vacancy in London, new figures have shown.

Copernicus Masters: Submit your space idea

31 May 2013

This year’s Copernicus Masters competition, previously known as the European Earth Monitoring Competition,is open for novel ideas on how Earth observation data can benefit businesses and society.

Electricians hindered by lack of industry standards

31 May 2013

A lack of recognised standards for industry competence is hindering electricians’ career progress, according to new research.

Crowd-funding for public access space telescope

30 May 2013

Asteroid mining company Planetary Resources has launched a crowd-funding project to launch a public access space telescope.

Apple co-founder outlines ‘human’ computer vision

30 May 2013

A human-like computer of the future could give every child a personal tutor, according to Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.

Inquiry into UK's science infrastructure

29 May 2013

The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee have launched a new inquiry into the UK’s science infrastructure.

Energy switch-off generates engineering scholarships

24 May 2013

Green-thinking engineers at the University of Sheffield have been switching-off lights, computers and machinery in a bid to save money and create new scholarships.

Vodafone hailed for pledge to recruit 400 graduates

24 May 2013

The Business Secretary has hailed Vodafone’s plans to hire 400 graduates over five years as a blueprint for British businesses.

Medical diagnostic and energy saving tech win prize

21 May 2013

A 30-minute test for infections and a multi-core current clamp will share a £40,000 prize to help commercialise the innovations.

Cat ‘digs’ uni students

15 May 2013

Manufacturing firm Caterpillar has given a donation to five UK universities to support students studying STEM subjects.

Greater industry and academic collaboration needed

13 May 2013

 Representatives from industry and academia have concluded that stronger collaboration is needed between higher education and the commercial engineering sector.

Zara Phillips launches new engineering scholarship

10 May 2013

Zara Phillips visited the Royal Windsor Horse Show to announce the Range Rover Evoque WISE Scholarship for young women.

£7.5m for cyber security training centres

09 May 2013

Two new centres of excellence funded by the Government will train the next generation of cyber security experts.

Public wants more backing for STEM students

09 May 2013

The public wants more government support for science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) students according to a new poll.

US universities top engineering and tech rankings

08 May 2013

Budding engineers and technologists would be best advised to cross the pound to attend US universities.

Queen's speech tackles HS2 and Energy Bill

08 May 2013

The Government has been criticised for a lack of commitment to HS2 in today’s Queen’s Speech.

Support to commercialise engineering innovation

29 April 2013

Innovators at four UK universities have been awarded £85,000 to develop spin-off businesses from their research.

AF Harvey Prize winner speaks at IET event

26 April 2013

Young engineers are invited to a free event where you can hear AF Harvey Prize winner Professor Hugh Griffiths talk on the future of bistatic radar systems.

Fellowship supports Bath student’s research career

24 April 2013

An engineering student from the University of Bath has secured a fellowship grant of up to $50,000, aimed at supporting her ambition to become a future academic.

Cambridge Computer Lab celebrates 75th anniversary

24 April 2013

The Cambridge Computer Laboratory is marking 75 years of being at the forefront of innovation.

BBC announces broadcast engineer apprenticeships

18 April 2013

The BBC today announced a new apprentice scheme to tackle a critical technology skills shortage in the broadcast sector.

Busking, boating and broadcasting to engage public

18 April 2013

Engineers will have the opportunity to become buskers, radio presenters and barge drivers in an effort to engage the public.

Draft science and D&T curriculum not fit for purpose

16 April 2013

Business leaders have warned pupils may be turned off science by the "sheer scale of prescription" in the new curriculum.

BP announces new university support programme

11 April 2013

BP is supporting a number of new activities at the University of Aberdeen and Robert Gordon University, with a focus on geoscience, petroleum engineering and subsea engineering disciplines.

Students win national competition with music app

11 April 2013

A group of university students have potentially created the ‘next big app’ after complaining about the volume of music playing from their mobile phones.

Most popular graduate recruiters announced

10 April 2013

Rolls-Royce and Google voted most popular recruiters in the engineering and IT/Technology sectors at the TARGETjobs National Graduate Recruitment Awards.

New vocational schools to open in 2014

10 April 2013

More than a dozen new schools specialising in industries like engineering and environmental studies will open from next year.

Education sector is embracing impact of technology

08 April 2013

The education sector is more optimistic about the impacts of technology than financial services, healthcare or the public sector.

New apprentice scheme for young rail engineers

05 April 2013

A new apprenticeship scheme to recruit and train the next generation of rail engineers has been launched by Thales UK and Prospects College.

3D printer able to create synthetic tissues

05 April 2013

A custom-built programmable 3D printer can create materials with several of the properties of living tissues.

PhD training given £84 million investment boost

28 March 2013

An £84.2m boost in investment for postgraduate training has been announced by the EPSRC.

'Invisibility cloak' hides 3D objects from microwaves

26 March 2013

An ultra-thin “invisibility cloak” developed by US researchers can hide three-dimensional objects from microwaves.

Firm offers free 12 month 3D software coding course

21 March 2013

A 3D software company will offer 100 free places on a 12 month coding course specialising in interactive 3D technology skills.

Call for national campaign to boost women engineers

18 March 2013

A manufacturing group has called for a national campaign to increase the pipeline of female engineers.

New project to enable EU-wide medical record access

15 March 2013

Research to set up an online system enabling doctors to access patients’ records from across the EU has been launched.

Bill Gates brings Grand Challenges summit to close

14 March 2013

Yesterday, Microsoft founder Bill Gates closed a two-day summit aimed at overcoming the world’s most pressing challenges.

IET launches new apprentice and technician awards

13 March 2013

The IET has launched a new set of awards for 2013: the IET Apprentice and Technician of the Year Awards.

BP Ultimate Field Trip 2013 winners announced

13 March 2013

Two-week field trip to BP operations in Norway, Shetland Islands and London for the winning team of three students.

Government not helping to bridge 'valley of death'

13 March 2013

The government lacks a “coherent” strategy to commercialise new research discoveries, a parliamentary report warned today.